South Argentina is becoming a big hunting ground but only for pros. otherwise they will shoot you.

What I would do is Google paleontology digs - there are many you can join.

OR did you have a deeper question in mind, such as is there some magic potion to find a dinosaur?

Well, to start with you need to have either Triassic, Jurassic or Cretaceous rocks. Dinosaurs are only found in rocks of these age. You have some over there in the UK. Except for the Thames Valley, a strip of coastline across from the Isle of Wight, Cornwall, Wales and also excluding approximately all the stuff north of an E-W line through the mouth of the Humber River, you could stumble on a dino just about anywhere. Of course you could also do that with a Roman or Saxon horde.

Why don't you learn to knit? It will let you stay active during those long british winters and you can make tea coses for your friends.

My advice would be to get the map out and look for rocky coasts. The UK is blessed with rocks from most (if not all) geological periods. There is everything from ichtysaurs on the Isle of Skye to sea urchins in the white cliff of Dover. Ammonites in the cliffs of the Yorkshire coast to Trilobites in the Lake District hills. We've even got the early insects in chert at Rhynie which is only 10 miles from where I live.

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